alienate
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alienate¹
- /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. By surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.
adjective
- Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign O alienate from God.
alienate²
- /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/
Where it comes from
From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner (“a crazed, mad man, lunatic”).
noun alienates
- A stranger; an alien.
alienate³
- /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/
Where it comes from
Either from the above adjective or directly borrowed from Latin alienātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner.
verb alienates · alienating · alienated
- To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
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To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
Similar: estrange, antagonize, isolate, marginalize
- To cause one to feel unable to relate.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: estrange, disaffect, alien, isolate, dispose, remove, distance, alienigenate, estranging, abstract, disloigned, abstracted, distract, semoted, outcast, detacht
Translations
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verb to convey or transfer
| Español | alienar, enajenar |
|---|---|
| Português | alienar |
| Français | aliéner |
| Deutsch | entfremden |
| Italiano | alienare, cedere, vendere, trasferire |
| Русский | отчужда́ть otčuždátʹ, отчуди́ть otčudítʹ |
verb to estrange
| Español | alienar, enajenar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 疎む utomu, 疎んじる utonjiru, 疎外する sogai suru, 仲間外れにする nakamahazure ni suru, ハブにする habu ni suru |
| 中文 | 疏遠 /疏远 shūyuǎn |
| Português | alienar |
| Français | aliéner |
| Deutsch | befremden, entfremden |
| Italiano | estraniarsi, allontanarsi |
| Ελληνικά | αποξενώνω apoxenóno |
| Русский | отчужда́ть otčuždátʹ, отчуди́ть otčudítʹ, отвраща́ть otvraščátʹ, отврати́ть otvratítʹ, отдаля́ть otdaljátʹ, отдали́ть otdalítʹ |
| עברית | ניכר nikér |
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